Man tries to bite Wal-Mart employee

VICTORVILLE • A Hesperia man was arrested after he tried to bite a Wal-Mart loss-prevention officer when he was caught trying to steal a digital picture frame, officials said.

Deputy James Marshall of the San Bernardino County Sheriff 's Victorville station was called out to the retail store at about 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, sheriff 's officials said. When he arrived at the store in the 15000 block of Bear Valley Road, Marshall found that Wal-Mart loss prevention personnel were able to detain the combative Phillip Cardenas, 25, but a female accomplice ran away, officials said.

As Cardenas and the unidentified woman were leaving the store, security officers stopped them outside after watching the couple shoplift a digital picture frame, authorities said.

The woman ran away, and Cardenas began to fight with loss-prevention personnel in an effort to get away, dropping the picture frame in the process, officials said.

After Marshall arrived at the store, officials were able to find accessories for the frame in Cardenas' pants pocket, Victorville sheriff's station officials said.